ZacUK
Numista team
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Gesendet: 11 Jun. 2018, 19:06
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Gesendet: 11 Jun. 2018, 19:06
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Thirty bundles each with £1,000 face value were found in Brighton on the south coast.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-44416007
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/08/europe/wwii-cash-discovery-intl/index.html
The Bank of England will still take them in (despite their poor condition),
and several people have already made claims on the £1 and £5 notes.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Gesendet: 12 Jun. 2018, 04:32
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Thanks for sharing, moldy banknotes are less exciting than finding gold guineas, and the notes weren't exactly the valuable white £5 and above notes, but interesting hoard nonetheless.